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  1. piisfish
    although we also jump through clouds in switz, we do not recommend at all tracking/wingsuit jumps with clouds... Last sunday again one of our WS jumpers went jumpin for a distance jump, the car already waiting for him at the estimated point of landing... He never arrived there as he lost orientation... when he got out of the clouds he was heading in the opposite direction scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  2. piisfish
    not good to jump if your sinuses etc are not OK... ^you would take big risks for he future... scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  3. piisfish
    ok, seem that bush will be winning according to everyone here. now, second question : which will be the next country invaded/devastated ? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  4. piisfish
    happy beersday again. scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  5. piisfish
    get ready to sell everything you have, loose friends and family, and also from time to time to drink a beer. let me introduce you to your new family and friends : the DZO, your instructors, the manufacturers, your fellow jumpers. now all the money you got by selling everything, you will spend it on : -jump courses -gear -jump tickets -beer Except from that, you're doing fine. Have a talk with the people at your future DZ, they will be most happy to help you, and certainly even happier if you do not arrive to them with ready made ideas on many things that you will have read here. Congratulations for the tandems. Hope your continuation will be successful. Oooh, and by the way, the advice will cost you a jump ticket scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  6. piisfish
    that's what we got as a present for a friend on her birthday... in a nice perfume bottle. We even did beautiful "etiquettes" for her. she really liked it. (she is a skydiver, and doing her private pilot licence...) *************** can't wait to try that.... scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  7. piisfish
    still have mine... any relation with your tonsils ??? WARNING : eating too much Ghirardelli Chocolate brownies can be harmful for your tonsils scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  8. piisfish
    Then they should pass a law...anyone carrying a gun anywhere on earth (not members of police/army/authority) will be shot ...doesnt matter who, where, when, or why. carry a gun or weapon...you are daid....real daid. mmmh yeah, why not ******* sorry for all the people getting killed in Irak, and for the families. ******* nobody has been asked to go there. Just remember it is considered by a part of the population n Irak as an invasion, and if you are wearing a desert camo, you are a TARGET. ******* there have been too many (far too many) losses. Unfortunately certainly not the last. scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  9. piisfish
    at least less permanent than circumcision and excision scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  10. piisfish
    welcome to the forums. a future pink mafia sister ??? loads of PMS fans around here... enjoy, have fun, stay safe scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  11. piisfish
    I am from Switzerland and besides my small country I have visited parts of : france italy austria germany england ireland netherlands spain czech republic hungary russia cyprus turkey morrocco tunisia south africa mauritius malaysia thailand cuba USA canada french caribbean (yeah, I know, it's france again) I'd go again in all of these countries. Some in places I already visited, some in other places of the country. The country I would have "less inclination to return" would be tunisia, due to the attitude of many people there. The country is beautiful (visited sets of Star Wars, incredible places in the desert etc), but didn't like the "tourist trap" places... next country I am returning to is south africa, and that's in 2 days time
  12. piisfish
    allowed yes does that mean it's not ridiculous ??? certainly not. scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  13. piisfish
    oh and I forgot to mention Reinier in Empuria www.skyrats.com who gave me the canopy course... taught me a lot. and we'll have Jeffro (Provenzano) over here for some canopy and freefly coaching/teaching scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  14. piisfish
    when you don't have any whuffo friends anymore scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  15. piisfish
    If you go down that road then why not apply the same principle here in the United States? not all the countries have the same regulations... scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  16. piisfish
    I know that the 2 main riggers I use for packing my reserve also give a close look at all my gear. and if they think something is wrong, or not so right, or is going to be bad, they call me to ask if they can do the mod. And I always say yes. scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  17. piisfish
    might be correct with a sabre2 at 1.66. Try and think about a navigator 280 at 0.5 arriving with only vertical speed... .......... I have had a situation where I bounced on my knees. If I had tried to PLF or slide instead of continuing to fly the canopy, I would have get hurt ! And the image in my video wouldn't have been THAT cool... Just remember she is a student, and at some stage, or depending on the situation, PLF is NOT obsolete. ........... To the originator of the thread : remember, always ask your instructor/double check the information you might read here. Don't worry that much about your landings. They will be fine, maybe not all of them, but most. Some will require a PLF, on some you'll end on your bum. Most of them will be on your feet and you'll love it. And try and do some judo, it's all about learning how to fall. scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  18. piisfish
    no bonfires, sometimes BBQ, group dinners, group drinking, group sex did I say that ??? depends mostly on the weather scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  19. piisfish
    greg and don at skydive miami (they helped me with my 1st 5 jumps), also fred whitsit from the same DZ, talked to him on the plane, he is from South Africa, Pietermaritzburg... That's wher I'll go jumping next (on saturday, YES YESSSSS), so I'll be sure to think about these guys and him in particular when i'll be there. andreas (knabe) (posting on the french forum), he is the one (with his wife Anne) who helped me continue in my country after having checked what I had learned from my first instructors. www.epco.aero fred fugen www.babylon-freefly.com, my freefly and wingsuit instructor in empuriabrava scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  20. piisfish
    that's around 500$ you could have spent on jumps... or gear... or beer scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  21. piisfish
    as read on the forums, I understood that ZP canopies which are quite new or hardly ever used would tend to get sticky. Would not be the case with canopies which have "more" jumps. now... having read all that, would you take the chance to jump your canopy with the risk of having a brick above your head at deployment or spend 10 minutes (or 5$) to unpack and repack / hand to a packer ??? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  22. piisfish
    try some judo. I'm not very flexible either... but jumping a round last summer helped me get a nice PLF. These 3 times were my only PLF's, besides the ones I did in the training room in Homestead during my ground course, and the ones I did just before jumping the round. scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  23. piisfish
    you got money ?? spend it ! wait and try and get some more. get yourself pleasure items... things you'll be proud to fly with. scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  24. piisfish
    just look 2 posts above... yamakasi by Luc Besson (le grand Bleu, Jeanne d'Arc, le 5ème élément, Leon, Nikita etc etc etc) scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM
  25. piisfish
    aaaaghhh i just swallowed.... midget skydivers... any firefighter/EMT paramedics out there ?? ... shoul I go to the ER for this ?? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM